Arsenic .......................................................................................................................................................... Antimony
Bismuth .................................................................................................................................................... Liquid Nitrogen
Red - Phosphorus .......... The Nitrogen family consists of five different elements. They are Nitrogen, Phophorus, Arsenic, Anitomy, and Bismuth. Two of them are not metal those are phosphorus and nitrogen. All of the elements are solids except for nitrogen.
Nitrogen is period 2. Phosphorus is period 3. Arsenic is period 4. Antimony is period 5. Bismuth is period 6.
These elements are all in group 15.
There are many physical properties of this group. One is that this group consits of two nonmetals, nitrogen and phosphorus, two metalloids, arsenic and antimony. Metalloids are elemments that have some characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. This group also has one metal and that is bismuth. Another physical property is that they all have five electrons.
The uses of this group are huge. Phosphorus is used in matches because of the way it reacts to the air. Nitrogen is in the air that we breathe. Although we breathe out all the nitrogen we breathe in. Nitrogen can become a compound. Plants take the compounds out of the soil. When we eat the plant or animal that ate the plant before us we get the nitrogen we need in our bodies. Nitrogen is also used in fertilizers. Arsenic use to be used as a poison. Now it is used in wood to keep away unwanted organisms. It is also used as weed killer and rat poison. Anitomy is used in metals. It is used in iron to increase stiffness and hardness. It is used to a small extent in fireworks. Bismuth is a rare metal found in the earth's crust. In the U.S. it is used to refine lead, copper, tin, silver, and gold ores. It is mostly used in automatic fire alarm and sprinklers. Some other common uses for Nitrogen is ammonia. Phosphorous is in pesticides. Arsenic is used in bronzing a nd pyrotechnics. Antimony is used for semiconductors. Bismuth is also used as a radical stimulus in production of metals.
Some chemical reactions with air are Nitrogen - nothing happens, Phosphorous - glows in the dark, Antimony - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3, Arsenic - it beomes stable, Bismuth - Trioxide bismuth(III) oxide Bi2O3. Some chemial reactions with water are Nitrogen - dissolves, Phosphorus - nothing happens, Arsenic - nothing happens, Antimony - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3, and Bismuth - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3.
Some fun facts are that Nitrogen gas makes up about 78% of the atmosphere on Earth, but only 3% of the atmosphere on Mars. Nitrogen oxcides are one reason for acid rain. Nitrogen is the only element that can exist in a liquid, solid, and a gas. Phosphorus was used in gernades in 1940-1970. Sources: Frank, David V., Beth Miaoulis, Camille Wainwright, T. Griffith Jones, Steve Miller, John G. Little, and Jay M. Pasachoff.Physical Science. Boston, Glenview, Shoreview, Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc., 2009. Print.
The Nitrogen Family!
Arsenic .......................................................................................................................................................... Antimony
Bismuth .................................................................................................................................................... Liquid Nitrogen
Red - Phosphorus
The Nitrogen family consists of five different elements. They are Nitrogen, Phophorus, Arsenic, Anitomy, and Bismuth. Two of them are not metal those are phosphorus and nitrogen. All of the elements are solids except for nitrogen.
Nitrogen is period 2. Phosphorus is period 3. Arsenic is period 4. Antimony is period 5. Bismuth is period 6.
These elements are all in group 15.
There are many physical properties of this group. One is that this group consits of two nonmetals, nitrogen and phosphorus, two metalloids, arsenic and antimony. Metalloids are elemments that have some characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. This group also has one metal and that is bismuth. Another physical property is that they all have five electrons.
The uses of this group are huge. Phosphorus is used in matches because of the way it reacts to the air. Nitrogen is in the air that we breathe. Although we breathe out all the nitrogen we breathe in. Nitrogen can become a compound. Plants take the compounds out of the soil. When we eat the plant or animal that ate the plant before us we get the nitrogen we need in our bodies. Nitrogen is also used in fertilizers. Arsenic use to be used as a poison. Now it is used in wood to keep away unwanted organisms. It is also used as weed killer and rat poison. Anitomy is used in metals. It is used in iron to increase stiffness and hardness. It is used to a small extent in fireworks. Bismuth is a rare metal found in the earth's crust. In the U.S. it is used to refine lead, copper, tin, silver, and gold ores. It is mostly used in automatic fire alarm and sprinklers. Some other common uses for Nitrogen is ammonia. Phosphorous is in pesticides. Arsenic is used in bronzing a nd pyrotechnics. Antimony is used for semiconductors. Bismuth is also used as a radical stimulus in production of metals.
Some chemical reactions with air are Nitrogen - nothing happens, Phosphorous - glows in the dark, Antimony - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3, Arsenic - it beomes stable, Bismuth - Trioxide bismuth(III) oxide Bi2O3. Some chemial reactions with water are Nitrogen - dissolves, Phosphorus - nothing happens, Arsenic - nothing happens, Antimony - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3, and Bismuth - Trioxide antimony(III) oxide Sb2O3.
Some fun facts are that Nitrogen gas makes up about 78% of the atmosphere on Earth, but only 3% of the atmosphere on Mars. Nitrogen oxcides are one reason for acid rain. Nitrogen is the only element that can exist in a liquid, solid, and a gas. Phosphorus was used in gernades in 1940-1970.
Sources:
Frank, David V., Beth Miaoulis, Camille Wainwright, T. Griffith Jones, Steve Miller, John G. Little, and Jay M. Pasachoff. Physical Science. Boston, Glenview, Shoreview, Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc., 2009. Print.
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